TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday
Stocks suffered their worst post-election decline in decades as increasingly overbought conditions finally gave way to profit-taking across the board.
The Dow lost 486.01. The Nasdaq Composite closed lower by 98.48. And the S&P 500 ended the day down 52.98.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday
Reporting quarterly earnings Wednesday after the markets closed, Cisco Systems
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PowerRating) beat analyst estimates by three cents.
Beazer Homes USA
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PowerRating) announces earnings Thursday morning. Analysts are expecting EPS of -2.02.
Among the stocks analysts believe will outperform in a Barack Obama presidential administration were Caterpillar
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PowerRating) and Wellpoint
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PowerRating).
Medco Health Solutions
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PowerRating) not only beat analysts earnings estimates on Wednesday, but also reaffirmed its profit forecast for the year. The stock was
higher by more than 9% on the day.
Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 0.49 when Walt Disney
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PowerRating) reports quarterly earnings Thursday before the market opens.
Anheuser-Busch
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PowerRating) is expected to report EPS of 1.04 when the company reports quarterly earnings on Thursday.
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